COLUMBIA, SC (August 14, 2017) – How would you react if you won the Lottery? A Murrells Inlet man cried.

“I cried a lot,” he admitted after winning $250,000.

He was at work when it happened. On his drive in, he stopped at the Markette Store #21 and bought a cup of coffee and a Ca$h Blast! scratch-off. A few minutes into his work day, he called his boss and asked for the rest of the day off.

“He was in tears when he got home,” said his wife. “He told me: ‘We are going to Columbia right now.’”

The couple says they are paying off their house.

“And we are going to take a trip, one that we’ve wanted to take for a long time,” said the winner.

Two top prizes of $250,000 remain in the $10 Ca$h Blast! game, at odds of 1 in 660,000.

For selling the claimed ticket, Markette Store #21 in Murrells Inlet received a commission of $2,500.